“There's a hope that we can modulate PSMA expression with some drugs, increase the amount of PSMA on the tumors, [and] therefore increase the amount of radiation that we can target,” says Michael S. Hofman, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FAANMS, FICIS.
In this video, Michael S. Hofman, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FAANMS, FICIS, discusses the current clinical trials highlighted in the lecture, “LuPSMA: The Newest Treatment Class for Advanced Prostate Cancer,” presented recently at the 2021 Prostate Cancer Foundation Scientific Retreat. Hofman is a nuclear medicine physician and director of PROSTIC, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Schuster highlights the FDA approval of imaging agent flotufolastat F 18 in prostate cancer
June 22nd 2023"We're excited that the FDA approval of this radiotracer gives us yet more tools at our disposal to diagnose prostate cancer in all its forms, from early to late in the disease process," says David M. Schuster, MD, FACR.
Bone scans overstage prostate cancer vs PSMA-PET in initial setting
November 21st 2023"Rather than receiving definitive radiation treatment for localized disease, these patients may have received treatment aimed at preventing the further spread of what was incorrectly identified as metastatic disease," says Thomas Hope, MD.